Cold War

Monthly Essay · October 4, 2021
The Eternal Return of Ethel Rosenberg
By Harvey Klehr
A much-loved new biography argues that the convicted Soviet spy "betrayed no one." How has the myth of her innocence become so untethered from the evidence of her guilt?
Monthly Essay · June 3, 2019
The Death of Morton Sobell and the End of the Rosenberg Affair
By David Evanier
With the recent death of the unrepentant spy, his story, along with that of other American Jews steeped in Communism, can finally be told.
Observation · February 27, 2019
Politics; or, Grappling with Liberalism and Women’s Lib
By Dr. Ruth Wisse
I expected the women's movement to evaporate as quickly as it had materialized. It was the worst cultural prediction of my life.